The Birth of Death is an epic high fantasy novel by author Joseph Macolino, set in an exciting new fantasy world known as Evorath. The first of many stories in this diverse and richly developed world, The Birth of Death’s central characters are the enigmatic...

There is a watermark on the cover of The Moth and the Sun. If you look closely, you can see the outstretched wings of a moth. We tend to take moths for granted. In fact, many of us don't really like them. But they are...

Every legend is a story with a lesson to share. A mermaid kidnaps children swimming in a Colombian river on Good Friday, a day of religious observance, and many, fasting, easily fall victim to the mermaid who only wants children to play with her in...

The Legend of Roberto Cofresi: A Puerto Rican Hero by Janet Balletta and illustrated by Estella Mejia is a colorful story of the legend of Robert Cofresi. Brothers Jacob and Joseph love playing pirates and corsairs in their back garden – it all started when...

The Golden Rule is a children's concept picture book written by Sherrill S. Cannon and illustrated by Kalpart. Robert wants to see if he can find the ruler his mom was talking about. She said it was old, but, better yet, that it was gold....

The Tree Watcher by Christopher P. Stanley is an inspiring and beautifully crafted children’s book. A little boy sits at the base of a huge, old tree and gazes up in wonder. The reader is invited to ponder at the size of the tree, what...

Coira Ainsley, beautiful, confident account representative for a high end travel company, steps into the office of the man whose business her firm has been seeking, and ends up in 14th century Scotland in The Elusive Highlander by Ju Ephraime. Sensing that the gorgeous Scottish...

The Candle Star by Michelle Isenhoff is the first book in the Divided Decade Collection and an incredibly engaging read. The pre-Civil War novel focuses on a teenage girl named Emily Preston, who has been sent to live with her uncle in the North. Upon...

In The Quill Pen by Michelle Isenhoff, thirteen-year-old Micah Randall discovers a magic pen while cleaning the attic of Widow Parsons. Micah does not want to listen to his father’s choice of future for him and decides to help Widow Parsons. When he comes across...

The Greenlee Project by Amanda thrasher is a brilliantly written story about a selected few students who are considered to be the B.P. (Beautiful People) who truly believe that it is they who run the high school that they attend in today's electronic society. The...

It's a bold task to take on writing a 400-page plus book based on the life of an obscure English midwife who lived in the 1600s. But that is the challenge Annelisa Christensen gave herself with The Popish Midwife, after studying court transcripts about the...

The Harlem Renaissance Time Traveler’s Diary by Lashonda Beauregard is a thrilling little short story written to leave the reader guessing about many things, including the mode of time travel. The main protagonist, West Barrington, is one of the many Black musicians playing during the...

Sylvie Stewart’s The Spark is another entry in the Carolina Connections series, a book I judged by its cover and one that turned out to be a perfect read in the romance category, a love story that is character-driven and so tightly written that readers...

The Adventures of Rosy Posy Papillion: Friendship by Diana Rangaves revolves around the concept of friendship and the value of friendship. Rosy Posy sits on the green grass and yawns. It is a warm morning and she sees Raoul the ant. She asks Raoul if...

The Other Side of Freedom by Cynthia T Toney takes us back to 1925, pre-Depression Louisiana and the small town of Freedom. Salvatore is just thirteen, but this son of Italian immigrants is a hard-working farm boy, whose parents and uncle have struggled to make...

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a classic work of speculative fiction written by Washington Irving and abridged by Fiza Pathan and Michaelangelo Zane, with black and white illustrations by Farzana Cooper. This version is written for children ages 7-12. Sleepy Hollow is a quiet...

Justina has moved into her new dorm room and she’s settled into her classes. With all the course work, she hardly pays attention to the mysterious antique mirror left behind in her room. That is until the elaborate jewel embedded in the frame starts glowing...

Told mostly through the form of a journal, The Chimera of Prague: Gap Year 1998, Part I by Rick Pryll is the first in a series that follows the life of a Joey, a young man living in Prague, Czech Republic. After his divorce from...

Chloe, Sarah, and Charlotte are three best friends who have a lot in common when it comes to misfortune. Chloe’s father died a few months earlier and she’s still having trouble coping with the loss. Sarah and her mother had to move from their house...

The Side Job by Don Lubov is a short, interesting and realistic story that follows a young mother on a daring journey to save her sickly daughter. Maggie Gomez gets pregnant at seventeen and, abandoned by her boyfriend, she is left alone with the child....